2.5 Admins 215: Still no VLANs

The pros and cons of smaller cloud providers when compared with the huge ones, and security best practices when you’re new to Kubernetes.         Send your questions and feedback to [email protected]       Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes        ... Read More

Why cold storage is never as good as keeping your data warm and regularly tested, how the American air traffic control system became so outdated, and isolating your devices from a roommate’s shenanigans.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion Music industry’s 1990s hard... Read More

In this episode: Martin has been overclocking and underclocking GPUs with the pretty tools: gpuviewer GreenWithEnvy Which needs a Coolbits bit mask of 28 to enable power and fan control. Linux AMDGPU Configuration Tool or LACT Requires the amdgpu.ppfeaturemask kernel parameter with this value 0xfffd7fff to enable power and fan control. Alan, who is still... Read More

Jason Evangelho tells us about the rosy state of Linux gaming, including a lot of games that perform as well or even better than on Windows. Plus feedback, and discoveries about interacting with GitHub via the command line, a handy DNS testing tool, and playing ancient games with accurate audio.   Discoveries GitHub CLI dug... Read More

Social media was a mistake that has caused polarisation through the spread of misinformation by grifters. We try to come up with some ideas for what to do about it. Dalton mentioned cohost to shut down at end of 2024.         Support us on Patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with... Read More

A proposed solution to the WHOIS TLS verification problem gets a surprising amount of pushback. Plus isolating IoT devices, our thoughts on Ubiquiti gear, setting up WiFi in a new house, remote access with WireGuard, and our mini PC recommendations.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes... Read More

We look back at the biggest news stories and trends from the last 7+ years and 300 episodes of LNL. With guest host popey from Linux Matters. Check out his newsletter.   Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   Seven and a bit years of news Google... Read More

What is it about Linux that draws us to it as a development platform? Plus why we choose the specific distros that we use.           1Password Extended Access Management: Secure every sign-in for every app on every device. Support the show and check it out at 1password.com/linuxdevtime     Support us... Read More

What our cloud strategy would be if we were CTOs, how companies should weigh up SaaS, PaaS and IaaS, and trade off building vs buying. Integrating the Ubuntu Snapshot Service into systems management and update tools       Send your questions and feedback to [email protected]       Support us on patreon and get... Read More

The Malaysian government’s misguided plan to control its citizens’ DNS, the wrong way to deploy underwater servers, a philosophical question about how long a person’s photos will exist, and how we manage our SSH keys.   Plug Support us on patreon and get an ad-free RSS feed with early episodes sometimes   News/discussion Malaysia’s plan... Read More